Mike Pence's Stressed-Out Cats Are the Most Relatable Members of the Pence Family

On Monday afternoon, our soon-to-be vice president Mike Pence tweeted out an image with some furry friends from aboard a plane. "Thanks to @usairforce for a great flight to Washington, DC with Karen, Charlotte, Oreo, Pickle and our rabbit, Marlon Bundo," he wrote.

Nice tweet. But when you avert your eyes from Karen, Charlotte, and Marlon Bundo (good name for a rabbit), you will notice that the two kitties, Oreo and Pickle (or Karen and Charlotte? in which case sorry) are not really having it.

I'm no cat expert. But these furballs look stressed. These are cats that are both figuratively and literally one step closer to the edge, and they're about to break. [Ed note: Linkin Park forever!]

Perhaps these poor creatures are simply afraid of flying, which is understandable. Or perhaps they're attempting to escape the clutches of something more sinister—say, a powerful man with intolerant and dehumanizing views on women and minorities who is one Big Mac and a clogged artery away from the most powerful job on the planet.